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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-12-30
A NEW VERSION
q, the Reading strrke-A Grand bess"t'
scheme.

of the Reading strike-A GRAND ness"a'
scheme.
NEW YORK, December 29.-The Ece"-
ina Sus says; Though the strike on the
Reading system seemed to come suddenly
%, rsliable information received at this
of,ics indicates that it is part Of the long
conceived plan dictated by Powderly and
those who act with him. The Reading
svstem WAS not the one originally aimed
q. by Powderly. In fact he was pretend
ing to be friendly with the system 50 that
bs might use it, and his strength among
its employees as q club to beat other raii-
,va,0 sgstems of Pennsylvania
Some time ago Powderly decided to ooy-
oott every road in Pennsylvania except the
psad;nU Secret orders were sent out IN
stTnctiSg every assembly to carry out tnis
bovcott. but these orders were transmltte@
IN . 5issrent manner from all previous or
Is n 10 boycott. Heretofore every notice
- hoveott property or corporations mas
been public, and Powaeriy s:n hS nscioe ast
mon Z new plan. Instead OF ssnaing on1
op oticiaI circular, he despatched agents
- many parts of the country TO
.nast ~ that all freight that was pos
~ sbonId be diverted from other
rosds and shipped over the Reading In
this way he hoped to boycott tne Fennsyi-
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A YOUNG TERROR
Attempts to Murder His Rival and Resists
Arrest.
G.. 1. L. d..

Attempts TO Murder His Rival and Reslsts
Arrest.
Special TsLscyaIa 10 the Register.
BERKELEY SPRINGS, w. VA, Dec. 30.
"A serious affair occurred near Sleepy
Creek, this county, on Saturday night.
John Bowers, Alexander Courtney and
Edward Bechtol were all paying attention
to the same girl, and Courtney was heard
to remark that if Bowers went with her
that night he would cut his heart out. He
left the school house with her, and was at
tackled by Courtney and BechtOl with a
knife, one holding him while the other did
the cutting. He received severe cash in
the right side, about six inches in length.
He is in q critical condition. Warrants
were issued for the arrest of the two would
be assassins, and on Tuesday they were
brought here and confined in Jail to await
the action of the Grand Jury. There was
considerable difficulty in arresting Court
ney. and while making desperate effort
to escape he was shot by Charley Pearl,
the ball grazing his left cheek, inflicting a
slight wound. Neither of them are of age,
and Courtney is q terror to the neighbor-
hood. He has threatened several people.
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DUNLAP GOES TO PIrTsBURG.
A Little Coercion for the High-Toned
Second Baseman.

A Little Coercion for the High-TOned
Second Baseman.
DETROIT, Mich, December a9.-Dun-
lap, the great second baseman of the De-
troit club, has over-reached himself. He
sought to dictate terms of his release to
Pittsburg and refused to 90 there unless
paid one half of the sum given by Pitts
burg for his release. President Stearns
was not disposed to grant this demand,
and as Dunlap has been disturbing ele-
ment in the club ever since he entered it
the President determined TO thwart his
scheme.
Yesterday President Young, of the
League, was notified that after January
Dunlap's name will not be on the Detroit S
reserve list. He will thus be forced to 60
where the club wantG him TO, which is to
Pittsburg, or he will not play ball at all
The Detroits are paid nice little sum
by Pittsburg for striking Dunlap off the
reserve roll, and, as he is certain to go
there rather than not play, the club will
realize what they paid for his release from
St Louis, which was s., 800.
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ELK DEPUTIES.
The Exalted Grand Ruler Makes the Vsri-
ous Appointments.

The Exalted Grand Ruler Makes the Vari-
Gus Appointments.
WASHINGTON, D. c., December 29.-Dr.
Hamilton Leach, of this city, Exalted
Grand Ruler of the Order of Elks, has
made the following appointments of Dis
trict Deputy Exalted Grand Rulers:
At large, Simon Quinlan, OF Chicago; In
diana, Will E. English; California, John
w. Porter; Pennsylvania, NJ. b. Lemon;
Massachusetts, John H. Dee; Wisconsin,
Samuel Howard; Rhode Island, Henry c.
Armstrong; Michigan, c. W. Ohauncey
Nebraska, John Francis; Virginia, Frank
L. Slade; District of Columbia, Daniel E.
Cahin; New York, Samuel Carter; New
Jersep, d. NJ. Junk; Maryland, A. DAN
nenberg; Ohio, George W. Clugston; Colo
RADIO, C. C. Lathrop; Connecticut George
w. Simmonds; Missouri, John W. Norton;
Louisiana, Edward J. Curtiss. Kentucky,
Minnesota and Tennessee are yet to he ap-
pointed. :,
DR.. Leach says hs has not yet been able
to complete the arrangements OF the Som-
mittess, and the appointments will not be
announced for ten days or two weeks.
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HILLS NEW MEN.
He Removes Two of Governor Cloveland's
Appolutees.

He Removes Two of Governor Cloveland's
Appoiutees.
ALBANY, N. Y, December 29.-Some-
thing of o sensation was created to-day by
the issuance of an order by Governor Hill,
removing from office Messrs. John Jay, of
New York city, and Henry A.
Richmond, of Buffalo, members
of the State Civil Service
Board, the third member, Hon. Augustus
Schoonmaker, having resigned In their
stead Governor Hill appointed Gen. Daniel
F. Sickles, of New York City, and James
H. Manning and George II. Treadwell, of
this city. The former Board was appoint
ed by Governor Cleveland. Governor
Hill took the position that the
Board was simply advisory, to assist
the Governor in improving the civil serv-
ice, and, desiring TO reconstruct the board,
requested the designations of Messrs Jay
and Richmond in letter dated yesterday.
The new board went TO wor k to-day. Mr..
Manning is tbs eldest son Of the late Dan
iel Manning, ex-Secretary Of the Treasury.
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vania. the Lehigh Valley and other roads
secretly. An attempt was made to boy
colt the passenger traffic of other roads. It
succeeded with the miners. Many Of them
have walked miles to avoid other roads
and ride on the Reading. The strike on
the Reading is taken by those on the In
side here "a indicating a failure OF the
boycott. They did not get the freight and
passengers for the Reading that Powderly
intended.
It was the Executive Boards purpose,
after diverting this business to the Read
ing railroad, TO demand certain things Of
the managers. Failing in this, they or
dered the strike, in the hope of gaining by
stopping the trains what could not be got
the other way. 1t is curious thing that
the alleged cause of the strike is because
the employees were asked by the company
to handle some of the very freight the boy
cotters had caused to be diverted to the
Reading.
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TROUBLED HAWAII.
Only IasiIsh Msn-of.war Prsvsat Another
Rsvolutioa.

Only IaEiish Msn-of War Prsveat Another
Rsvoluttoa.
SAN Francisco, Dseember 2g.--Pfivate
advices received here from members Of the
Hawaiian Legislature, ay that were II not
for The presence Of English and American
men-of.war In the hsrbor an outbresk
would undoubtedly have occurred ON tho
assembling Of the Legislature December
10. Minister Ashford brought out the
Honolulu rifles with the intention OF sub
verting the government al once, Rut the
sucoess Of the design IVES prevented BY the
officers Of the vessels, whose thsests stop
ped the proposed insunsciiou before asy
sanguinary trouble occurred. The Kings
veices are among The chief featarrs Of con
tsnt!Gn. Their legality. however, and The
validity Of the coustituti0a will be sus-
tained without . dosbt, ~ the King hss
the majority Of The Supreme Court. Tia
liquor and police bills, which had hen
passed by The Legislature, were feturo>d %
them with the Kings veto. The HipIste,s
hope TO have .. +. Dale PLACED on the
bench ~ fifth Judge.
The King has put IL ssst 70 psy hIs
Gebts, which amosnt 10 tosD, ,O00. e1clu.
ive Of 81, ,01A due Chsnsss merchant
(which x-s paid to The Kisx - . bsibs 10
obtain license Tor sale u opium; ell his
real estate, which consists Of life iptessst
in the Crown asds, and also lands which
be owns In re simple. avs two or thrss
sanall parcels. The trustees arc J. o. Or
tsI, y. N. Damen and Carter ZsnksA. All
bills are % Le presented ~itkis three
months, and dividends are y hs declared
moothiy. The title pspsss have al been
recorded.
A letter frou sss ef the Iesialstsss ssys
IL the KiSs doss Dot asa<pt 70 tbs sets Of
tts ssssat Legislature, - will Be De.
throoed and . psovis,osai sovesnneot
substitatsd Tboss nost coocssned In t.
kicsdem's ppospesity are isvosisg snns1s-
tiaa 70 tbe Usitsd States. and tbs hsiise
In this respect n Spreading snsag III
elaeaea
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WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Some News of Especial Interest to West
Virginians.
Special Telegram to he Reoister.


Special Telegram to tie Register.
WASHINGTON, D. c., December 90
Since Congress adjourned many Of our
Congressman and Senators have gone home
to spend their holiday recess. All the
West Virginia delegation have gone except
Mr.. Hogg who alone remains and who is
very busy answering letters, preparing
bills and looking after his department
business. He is working hard to get the
Republicans out and get West Virginia
boys in. He has made several trips to the
State Department in the interest of Mr..
Bennington, and that gentleman's ap-
poiutment TO lucrative position is large
ly due to his efforts. The West Virginians
here seem TO be in accord with the Presi-
dent as to his views on the tariff
Our new Senator is well received here,
and promises to take high rank as Sem
ator. He is quite a student, and takes q
lively interest in the consideration of all
public questions. 1t is said that he will
speak in every county in the State in next
years caiIpaign.
Senators Kenna and Faulkner obtained
a situation in the Interior Department last
week for Mr. Murphy, living in Parkers,
burg, who enters upon his duties on JAN
uary a, 1888.
Major T. G. Fields, of Parkersburg, has
had the muster rolls corrected so rs to
show at the date of mis- commission the
grade of major at the close of the war, in.
stead of lieutenant This will give the
Major neat sum of thousand or more
dollars of extra pay due him. This was
done through the influence of Congress,
man Hogg, who took an interest in the
case.
Congressman Hogg has secured the ap-
pointment of Charles II. Finney, of Pt.
Pleasant, w. Va, to position in the
Record room of the Government Printing
0ffna
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DELEGATES ASSEMBLING
To the Convention Of Reading Railroad
Employees.

To the Convention OF Reading Railroad
Employees.
READING, PA, December %. The van
guard of delegates to the convention of
Reading railroad employees, TO be held in
this city this afternoon, arrived this morn
ing The convention is to he held in Ex-
celsior Hall, a commodious building,
which has been used for the past several
years extensively for K. of l.. meetings.
The main meeting room will seat 1000
persons. Ever local assembly of the X. of
L. in the anthracite region, embracing the
Schuylkill, Lehigh and Wyoming regions,
will be fully represented, and the meeting
will be one of the most important that has
been held for long time, and will decide
whether the Knights will pool their issues
in the fight and stand together, or let the
railroad men fight their battle. OF the
delegates on hand the majority, who are
from the coal regions, still talk fight, be-
cause they say that the company has be-
trayed their obligations, where it was
agreed to arbitrate and reinstatc all en-
ployes, whereas now, they say, the COM
pany officials have discharged nearly one
thousand men and refuse TO aIbitrate
Delegates and employees in Reading and
vicinity ARE practically solid against any
strike, but favor settling down 10 work, as
they were several weeks ago, all along the
line, and then to take up and settle the
miners wages question.
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COOPER FOR BLAINE.
The Hon. Thomas Thinks He Will be Re
Nominated and Elected.

The Hon. Thomas Thinks He VIII be Re-
Nominated and Elected.
PHILADELPHIA, December 29.-Tbe
Evening Call will publish the following to-
day: Hon. Thomas V. Cooper, Chairman
of the Republican State Committee OF
Pennsylvania, has the deserved reputation
of being one of the shrewdest political
prophets in his party. Yesterday he chat
ted with Call reporter on the prospects of
the Republicans for the campaign of 1888.
''The chief objection to Mr. Blaine, "
said Senator Cooper, ''is defeated caudi-
date"
How would You answer thai?"
"a defeated candidate, who has previ'
ously made good battle, is always the
strongest at the next election There are
three reasons for this: Previous defeat
makes their friends work harder; previous
charges are burnt powder, while the domi-
nant American characteristic asserts itself
as the third"
"Do you think Blaine as strong now as
in 1882"
hiaiuF IL S'iOhsci INV 'hdh III ioOf,
because Of the fact that we now have n
definite tariff issue, and because h is the
best and most direct American representa-.
tive OF that issue
Gould Blaine carry New York;
"WithprOper organization and courage
Gus acceptance Of State is3nes any good
Republican can carry New York by 20,
coo. Blaine, think, could carry il by
10000"
'How about the West
"glaine can, better than any other man,
carry the Pacific slope. Indeed, he is in-
vincible there"
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RAILROAD BUILDING.
rHk UNPRECEDENTED RECORD OF rHsPAsr
YEAR


CHICAGO, December 29.-Ths Raiaesy
Age tomorrow will say: The year Of
1887 has surpassed al other years in the
extent OF railway mileage constructed In
the United States. When six months ago
the prediction was made in these columns
that the total new mileage for the year
would not be less than 10000 miles, with
the liklihood Of surprising the record OF
1882, the year Of the greatest hallway CON-
struction in the history Of the
country, il was not generally believed.
But the figures obtained BY careful
Investigation throughout the year, and CON-
frmcd by official information now prove
the prediction 10 have been more than war
rantei. Our returns show that during
1887 no less than IL, IA miles Of new
main line track were added 10 the railway
system Of the United States, no 90
count 10 be taken in this Of the hun.
dreds Of miles Of side track built
nor Of the Thousands Of miles
of main line tracks relaid. While the
search has been unusually thorough and
the totals corroborats the record kept from
week to week, il is not improbable that
some scattering additions may yet be 70
ceived; 20 that IL Is safe 10 state during
1887 nearly, if not quite, 1900 miles Of
track WAS laid during the year. The fol-
lowing rccapitulation gives the number
of lines construcfad and mileA0e.
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A Kansas suaSay Law Declared uneon-
stitutIOnSls

A Kansas suaaay Law Declared Uneon-
stitutIOnSl,
CHICAGO, December ga ksnsss Clty
dispatch says There was grand juonee
OF saloon keepers last night when IL Do
came generally known that Recorder
Davenport had declared the Sunday closing
ordinance unconstitutional. The decision
considered at great length the right OF the
Council to give the Recorder power 70 I'M,
pose greater penalties than those salo"ee
By the charter, and held that the Councn
did not have such power, and that part
Of the ordinance being void the whole was
and the reyOcations of license was intend
ed ss part of the penalty and could not
hold. The Judge referred to the fact tnat
twelve hundred signatures had been oo-
tainsd pledging him support in case he up,
held the ordinance, and stated be could
only decide in the way he thought, whether
public opinion was with him or not. The
case will be taken to the Supreme Court
by the temperance element
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AN OFFICIAL BULLETIN


Issued by the Crown Princes Attending
Physicisns.
SAN RENO, December 29-DrA Nc
Kensie, Schrader. Krsua and Howell Issued
bulletin to-day in regard 10 Crown Prince
Frederick williams condition, In which
they say the growth which Last appeared
in the Princess throat On the left vsntricu-
lar band, has not spread further, and now
presents an ulcerious appearance, with In
dications Of hscoming cicatrisei. In the
immediate region Of the growth there TO
mains permanent congestion Of the ven
tricular band, with tendency TO muc-
Gus secretion, which, however, is also Do
ceasing. The Princes general condition
for several weeks past has been psrfectly
satisiactory
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STOPPED.
THEOHIO BOUND PAST IN THE ICY GRIP OF
WINTER
No Hopes of Raise Entertained Before February
Probability of a Coal Famine in Louisville
and Other Southern Citss-lntsnss
Cold Prevailing.

PIrTsBURe, December 29.-Navigation
has been entirely suspended by the cold
wave, and no hopes are entertained OF a
rise in the rivers sufficient to allow the
shipment OF coal to southern and western
ports before the usual February freshets.
Very little coal has been tloated from here
since last June, on account of the contin-
ued drouth, and there is now over 25, ,OOO,-
600 bushels loaded ready for shipment.
The mercury registered degrees below
zero at o'clock this morning, which was
the lowest point reached. At noon it was
IL degrees above.
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THE STEEL SCALE.
Manufacturers Dissatisfied and the hsso-
cIatIon Confident.

Manufacturers Dissatisfied and the Asso-
citation Confident.
PTTTsBURG. December 29.-The steel
manufacturers are dissatisfied with the
new scale of the Amalgauated Associa-
tioD, and trouble may result. The scale
should 90 into effect next Monday, but it
is doubtful it will he accepted by the
manufactures in its present shape. They
claim that the scale advances wages nearly
10 per cent in the face of lower prices
and dull market. One manufacturer
stated this morning that the wages would
have to be reduced somewhat, or in all
probability there would be q strike.
Zone thing is certain" said he, ''and
that is, that the SCALE presented by the
Amalgamated Association will have TO he
modified or the manufacturers will not
accept it, The Amalgamated officials do
not seem to be worried over the prospect
and confidently express the opinion, that
the manufacturers will sign the scale be-
fore the first oftha year. They claim that
there is very little change in it from last
year, ard that it only equalizes the wages.
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THE RINK MEETINGS.

Another Large Attendance Last Night.
Notwithstanding the cold weather last
night every available seat Was taken at
the rink. Rev. IS. Jordan, OF the Bap-
tist Church, offered powerful prayer IA
behalf OF temperance, end rev. Graham
gave shor. art earnest address on the
same subject. Miss Camp, q little girl Of
twelve, favored the agd.sacs with 8 reeita-
ton, and .as applause she received was
merited. Msjor Camp made . practical
talk on the subject, Revival In business. /"
He said that God blesses a great morAl re-
form. Thousands of other reforms grow
out OF il, and hundreds Of perpleIing prob
men cry hard times" they look sbout
for paying invesments, but the lest invest
ment they ever die or would make
Ia TO inves. 10 this Temperance move.
gS said it pays better than Chicago
pork, Government bonds OF railroad seea-
rites. If you want 10 invest In futures
put i Gu Temperance and you will find II
will pay. He spoke Of the conservative,
and said that the devil never had better
agent than conservative man. He said .
conservative man has been fishing in tao
vat for the last ten years with PIN book
and an old dry bait and - not caught
anything yet.
The Csnuittses on Refreshments hare
been at work, and from their TepsTts bog
.-..-s-a-I r - III -sn.ks "a
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THE JACKSON BANQUET.
Gov. Wilson VIII Respond TO the Toast
"Union and Fraternity"

Gov. Wilson VIII Respond TO the Toast,
"UniOn and Fraternity"
COLUMBUS, OHIO, December 29.-The
jackson Club has completed all its ar
rangements for the anniversary banquet
on the evening of the 9th. Among the
toasts and respondents will be the follow
ing:
Governor F w. Wilson, Of West Yir-
ginia-"Union and fraternity; hone but
the demagogue would barter either for par
tisan or personal ends"
NJ. Ryan, Of Ciuciunati-"Home rule;
dear to the people Of Ireland, and dear,
also, to the people of Ohio"
Hon. c. W. Baker, of Cincinnati-"The
National democracy; as it was stesdfast
in defeat, so, also, it is faithful in vic
tory"
Other appropriate toasts will be respond
sd TO by prominent gentlemen.
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A BLOODY RIOT.
Negroes and Whites Engage in a Terrible
Hsce CoDfIiet.

Negroes and Whites Engage In Terrible
hsce CoDniet,
CHICAGO, I'LL, December 29.-A dis
patch from Atlanta, Ca, says, an ugly
race collision took place yesterday in
Lawrenceville, the county seat of Gwinet
county. While Clarence Holmes, a young
colored man, was cursing a white boy,
Beeb. Camp, a white man, interfered and
knocked ths negro down This led to a
general clash among about three hundred
whites and blacks, who were on the
street. The negroes enlisted in behalf Of
Holmes and the whites stood by Camp.
Men were knocked down end stabbed in
discriminatory. Five men were carried 10
their homes on streteheFs.
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A HANDSOME GIFT,
Mrs. stanford's Home for workinfwo-
mems Children Dedicated.

Mrs. stanford's Home for workinfwo-
mems Children Dedicated.
ALBANY, n. Y, December 29.-The
handsome building erected on Washington
avenue by Mrs. Stanford, wife OF Senator
Leland Stanford, OF California, as home
for workingwomen's children, was dedi-
Gated yesterday. The title Of this charita-
BILE institute is The Lathrops' Memorial.
1t is on the site of the house In which Mrs
Stanford,s parents liTed, and ip wbiSh Mra
Stanford and the other children Of Mr.. aud
Mrs. L4sthrop' were born. Mrs. Stanford Q
mother owned the house, and there shs
died and LETT it TO her children. Mn-
Stanford bought the interest Of the other
heirs with the intention Of placing on the
site some charitable institution rs memo
rial of her m ther. The building is Of
brick, three stories in height with a plsa.
sard roof.
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Frozen Over at Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, o., December 29.-The
Ohio river o. this point this morning is
frozen over, and navigation is entirely sus-
pended. This clases all hope of coal
supply by river sooner than February, un-
less there is an extraordinary warm Janu-
ary. The prices of coal are now double
what they were year ago, and must still
on hiuher
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An Epoch in Denyer.s History.

DENVER, December 29-The Rocky
Mountain Ners, the pioneer newspaper Of
the Rocky Mountain region, removed !laSt
night to Its new build NJ. Us former Office
was the oldest building in the city, and it
had occupied it for twenty-one years.
When the initial number of the Nelns was
issued, Denver consisted Of four log houses
anu several hundred tents. This was in
April, 1859.
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sArURKs HIGHWAY.

Do,aZs ss Bosts ssd Dsatoss Atsag -
Ohio.
The marks on the landing Last evening
indicated 2 feet inches and stationary, .
fall Of 9 inches in the past n hoarA
The Courier got up from Pnkenburg st
s.30 o'clock yesterday morning, after .
hard struggle against the ice, having paased
through three different gofgeA She b
DOW laid up below the wharfbest-
The river is closed below Bellsirs and
above Martins Ferry and navintion n
entirely suspended II the weather ooa-
tiuues as Il 10 at present we may soon have
skating on the iver st this point